Martin Luther - A Review

Adetan Opemipo

Martin Luther

Author: Carl E. Koppenhaver
Publisher: Muhlenberg Press
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The sixty-two years the reformist spent on earth were captured brilliantly, albeit briefly by the author, Carl E. Koppenhaver in the book Martin Luther. Several books have been written based on the life and works of the zealot, but this epitomised it in a very literal and unambiguous manner. The stories highly connoted the infuriation of the Romanists and the middle age church leaders by Luther when he demolished their ‘walls of defence’ in his pamphlets, theses, preaching and many other published works. The author briefed the reader on every non-discreet information available about the man. However, the author was able to give compelling and highly relevant stories of the life and works of Luther in a concise but utilitarian method for casual readers.

It should be said that the book is not predestined for readers who are making scholarly research on the life of Luther and those who need information on  the reformations that that the enthusiast led in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The reviewer commends the aura of suspense the author skilfully coalesced into the literature during transitions between sections and the excellent meander of prose echoed in the phrase – “the sound of his hammer reached to Rome” when the reformist first challenged the purchase of indulgences authorised by the Roman church. This book is a brilliant delivery of a succinct biography of Martin Luther by the author, readers should be prepared to relish this book.





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